Sunday, August 17, 2008

We all need more sleep. Kids just may need it a little more. Studies at the University of Pittsburgh are showing that lack of sleep can lead to obesity in children.

The study reviewed 355 children from 7 to 17, and found that heavier children slept less. Not only did the overweight children sleep less, but they had less eye activity during REM sleep, the REM sleep was of a shorter duration, and the interval before the first REM period was increased.

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